An anonymous list member graciously pointed me to the answer. (1) ifup & ifdown run both ifconfig and route. (I misread the man page)
(2) the file /usr/share/doc/netbase/examples/interfaces has easy to read and understand examples showing how to add route commands. --Mat On 8/28/00 at 11:20 PM Mathew Watson wrote: > /etc/network/interfaces has the correct information for my system; however, > ifup -a fails to create a default route. I can, as root, type in a couple > of route commands, and then I can ping systems all over the country. I want > these commands executed at startup. Where is the proper place to put them? > (version potato) > > Curiously, I greped all over for route and ifconfig but didn't find either > command in any of the init.d scripts. Man ifup mentions running ifconfig, > but not route. Does anyone know what program(s) runs route commands? > (ifup?) > > Mat > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
